Month: February 2024

Rogue Performer Preview: YOU’RE GOOD FOR NOTHING…I’LL MILK THE COW MYSELF

by Ken Grobe


What drives Natacha Ruck to perform her solo show everywhere from community gardens, to University amphitheaters to black box theaters across the state? It’s her desire to share “The gift of my mother’s wisdom.” The show, YOU’RE GOOD FOR NOTHING… I’LL MILK THE COW MYSELF, spans two continents and nearly a century with its family story of love, tragedy, triumph, and chocolate hoarding.

Jackie Dale-The Cat Mother/Cat Trapper: Back in Business-Transport and Drama

by Jackie Dale



As I finished my last column, I was patiently waiting for the vet to return from vacation. She had already contacted me and set up appointments for the day after she got home on the 3rd. Meanwhile, someone dumped two friendly cats in my yard. Both males, one was fixed and one was not. The unfixed fellow is super fluffy and full of matted fur.

New Theatre Opportunities For KCUSD Middle & Elementary Schools

by Lorie Lewis Ham


While Reedley High School has been well known for its theatre productions for quite some time, I recently became aware that theatre was happening at some Kings Canyon Unified School District (KCUSD) K-8 schools in Reedley, so I set out to learn more. Little did I realize that this actually began last year and somehow slipped under KRL’s radar, with the first show, a production of High School Musical Jr., performed by TL Reed students at Silas Bartsch.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd By Agatha Christie

by Lorie Lewis Ham


I have been an Agatha Christie fan since I was a teenager, but until recently had never read one of her most famous books, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. When I was asked to review a new release of the book I thought it would be a good push to finally read it. I must say though, it feels a bit odd to be reviewing something by the Queen of Crime, and a book that has been voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the Best Crime Novel of all Time.

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